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4.11.2013

The Love Game Blog Tour

The Love Game by Emma Hart

Synopsis

His challenge? Make her fall in love with him.

Her challenge? Play the player.

Until life changes the rules of the game.

Maddie Stevens hated Braden Carter on sight. Arrogant, egotistical, and the playboy of the University of California, Berkeley, he's everything her brother Pearce has taught her to despise. So why, when the girls challenge her to play the player, doesn't she say no? She doesn't know either.

Braden wanted fiery little Maddie the second he laid eyes on her - and he'd do anything to have her, hence why he's agreed to make her fall in love with him. After all, it's the only way he'll get what he wants. Sex.

But, as Braden discovers, there's more to the girl from Brooklyn than he ever imagined - and he can't help but care about the broken girl behind those pretty green eyes.

Maddie finds Braden isn't just a walking erection - he actually has feelings. He can be sweet, funny and his good looks don't exactly hurt. That means trouble - but when her brother Pearce turns up in Berkeley begging for her help, she realises Braden and Pearce aren't so alike anymore.

And maybe, just maybe, they're exactly what each other needs.

Mercy's Review:When I went into this book, I didn't have extremely high expectations. Don't get me wrong, I knew it would be good. I knew Emma was an amazing author, and everybody speaks highly of her, but it's a Contemporary Romance, which also mean, predictability. But, the blurb was interesting, so I thought I would give it a shot. I'm definitely glad that I did.

I was captivated from the first chapter of this book. Maddie and Braedon both went into a relationship simply because of a bet. Maddie was going to “play the player”, and Braedon was going to get Maddie to fall in love with him so she would sleep with him. It was fun, watching them slowly fall in love with each other, but they were both obvlious to that face. They were very cute together. The romance didn't blossom too fast, and everything happened at just the right time.

We got to see a lot of the back story of Maddie... Life before Braedon... But, unfortunately, we don't get to see ANY of Braedon's past life. It was a little disappointing that he didn't get a story of his own, even though it was told from dual POV.

The story line in this book was unique in some ways, yet predictable in others. The writing was good. I never got bored while reading it. I would definitely recommend this book, especially to fans of Contemporary Romance. And it's only 99 cents! So you can't beat that!

Author Bio

By day, Emma Hart dons a cape and calls herself Super Mum to a terrible two year old and cooking baby, due September 2013. By night, she drops the cape, pours a glass of wine – well, tropical juice now – and writes books. She likes to write about magic, kisses and whatever else she can fit into the story. Sarcastic, witty characters are a must. As are hot guys. She's working on the companion novel to her latest release and NA debut, Never Forget (Memories #1), and The Love Game (The Game, #1) will release on March 29th. She likes to be busy - unless busy involves doing the dishes. Ironically, that's where most of her ideas come from. Her debut YA series, The Mauve Legacy, is an Apple iBooks Bestseller - and this makes Emma excited.